04 February 2007

So I got a new(ish) record by Migala -- a band I'd been turned onto a few years back as sort of a Nick Cave-styled act out of Madrid. Very trippy, atmospheric stuff. Anyway, I'm listening to the new record, and the first track's an instrumental, sounds great. Track 2 starts, and the guy starts singing in English.

It's clear to me now that part of what I liked about these guys was the mystery in what they were saying. What does it mean when the music's more interesting when I can't understand the lyrics?

OK, Track 3's on now, and he's back to singing in Spanish. All is well in the world. This record is good (It's called "Restos de un Incendio"), and I don't mean to dissuade anyone from checking it out. In fact, I'd encourage people to give them a listen. I was just thrown for a loop...

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After sedating my brain with the Migala, I set the burner on high for a chestnut from 1990 -- Neil Young/Crazy Horse's "Ragged Glory." It's probably been five years since I listened to that, but I suspect the Drive-By Truckers have played it since then...

11:11 is my favorite minute of the day.now i know why...(this is from my friend patrick, an artist in savannah)

DNA 11

The Concept

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The Name

Why DNA 11 and not 10 or 2 or 7? Two reasons:

DNA11 The number 11 represents the spiraling twin strands of human DNA.DNA11 The number 11 visually represents balance and simplicity.------------------------------ps:here's some beautiful music in french for you... my recent gift from a loft listener...

www.carlabruni.comQuel qu'un m'a dit - the newly released album is in English!

What the hell...?

So for a lot of years, my day job was as a writer with the Ledger-Enquirer, a fine newspaper based in Columbus, Ga. Spent much of that as a music writer, and the rest of it writing about pop culture and culture at large. I won some awards and stuff. Whatever.